AN: Well people, this is my first Alex Rider story so I hope you enjoy it. But before you read this story, you must kno that I am Australian and I am going by Australian seasons. So that means that Christmas is in summer, not in winter.
And this story is based after Snakehead, and Snakehead happened in week one of term one. So Alex has had 3 weeks off, to get better. And now onwards with the story!!
And a special thanks to my Beta, camnstarr4eva.
DISCLAIMER: I shall get this over and done with… I don't own Alex Rider…
On a twelve lane motorway, one so busy that traffic has ground to a halt, making it effectively a car park, commuters may have heard the faint drone of a helicopter passing overhead. If they'd bothered to look up they might have seen a small black splodge in the sky.
But this was London. Those on the highway were too busy concerning themselves over whether the traffic jam was going to clear than to pay any attention to the seemingly insignificant black splodge throbbing above them.
In fact, that black splodge of a helicopter had greater significance than they could have imagined. It was ferrying the last board-member of SCORPIA to arrive in London for a special meeting concerning Alex Rider and SCORPIA's first two major failures.
Within five minutes, the black helicopter had left the grey of suburbia and started passing over rolling, emerald green hills. Nestled among the lush greenery was a palace-like mansion. The building was staggeringly huge. It was all one storey but it covered a colossal amount of land. There were no other buildings in sight.
The helicopter landed neatly on the patch to the east of the building. As the propellers were slowing, a Japanese man, who had a diamond embedded into one of his front teeth, hopped out and strode over to a control console by the mansion wall, pushing the blue button.
At the touch of the button, the square of grass the Japanese man was standing on descended gently, transporting him into the room below.
In this underground room, there was a long conference table surrounded by large leather spin chairs.
Six of those chairs were occupied by people who had congregated from various different parts of the world.
As the square of floor reached the bottom, only two people glanced up. The rest just sat motionless, their impatience showing clearly on their otherwise impassive faces. The Japanese man stepped off the square, which rose back to the ceiling on a metal pole, and took his seat next to a man known to SCORPIA only as the Australian.
The meeting had begun.
During the meeting, the members of SCORPIA each expressed their thoughts on the losses of Major Yu and Julia Rothman and their damaged reputation. It was agreed that for their new operation, the executive board members of SCORPIA would share leadership because of the magnitude of the operation. If they succeeded, SCORPIA would have gained revenge on Alex Rider and most likely destroyed the British government. But it was no longer a question of 'if'. They would succeed.
At the conclusion of the meeting, all of the SCORPIA members rose and left, except for the Australian who owned the mansion under the false name of Robert Liley.
The Japanese man went back up the floor lift and into his helicopter, which had started up when the meeting was declared over, and flew off into the night.
Later, when the Japanese man returned to the hubbub of London, he went to make enquiries for car parts at 'Cars In Appliance'.
Alex Rider was going to pay dearly.
AN: well, there's the end of my first chapter, YAY!! I hope you enjoyed it and don't forget the contract you signed saying that you would review…
So what if the contract doesn't exist?!
Anyways… until my next chapter (which should go up soon I think…) BYE!!